Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction with one-way endobronchial valves is a guideline
treatment option for patients with advanced emphysema, supported by extensive scientific …

COPD is a highly prevalent, chronic and irreversible obstructive airway disease without
curative treatment. Standard therapeutic strategies, both non-pharmacological and …

Rationale: Single-center randomized controlled trials of the Zephyr endobronchial valve
(EBV) treatment have demonstrated benefit in severe heterogeneous emphysema. This is …

Rationale: This is the first multicenter randomized controlled trial to evaluate the
effectiveness and safety of Zephyr Endobronchial Valve (EBV) in patients with little to no …

Background Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) and bronchoscopic lung volume
reduction (BLVR) with endobronchial valves can improve outcomes in appropriately …

Background: Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction using one-way endobronchial valves
(EBVs) has been proven to be effective in patients with severe emphysema. However, the …

Hemoptysis is a frequent manifestation of a wide variety of diseases, with mild to life‐
threatening presentations. The diagnostic workup and the management of severe …

Introduction Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction treatment with one-way valves is an
effective guideline treatment option for patients with severe emphysema. However, important …

The results of the randomised controlled trials investigating the bronchoscopic lung volume
reduction treatment using endobronchial valves (EBV) are promising, and have led to their …

Purpose Interventional pulmonology is a growing subspecialty of pulmonary medicine with
flexible and rigid bronchoscopies increasingly used by interventional pulmonologists for …